/*
Copyright 2011 Selenium committers
Copyright 2011 Software Freedom Conservancy

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.openqa.selenium;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates that a feature or API is in active development, and so should not
 * be relied upon. The update policy for anything marked beta is that it may be
 * deleted in the next Selenium release without warning.
 *
 * In the ideal world, this would cause the method to blink gently in the user's
 * IDE. We don't live in the ideal world. We'll find out the hard way whether
 * reading docs is the same thing.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({
    ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
    ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
    ElementType.FIELD,
    ElementType.METHOD,
    ElementType.TYPE})
@Documented
public @interface Beta {}
